Patrick Tice
@ptice.bsky.social
Retired Jack of all trades; high school and college teacher, policeman, businessman, drain tile installer, broadcast engineer, middle manager in healthcare. Also dad, ham radio operator (WA0TDA), book lover, photographer, dog person, and husband of Susan.
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Federal shutdown furloughs thousands of Minnesota workers minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/01/f...
Federal shutdown furloughs thousands of Minnesota workers • Minnesota Reformer
A federal government shutdown has Minnesota’s 18,000 civilian federal workers facing furloughs, reassignments, work without pay and threats of being fired. Republicans need a handful of Democratic vot...
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October 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Federal shutdown furloughs thousands of Minnesota workers minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/01/f...
Our fluffy corgi, Zephyr.
September 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Our fluffy corgi, Zephyr.
$6 dry cereal, $10 watermelons, and smaller packages of overpriced everything - that was our eye-popping grocery trip yesterday. At the checkout line, the cashier was talking with the woman ahead of us, and the topic was how hard it was to keep the totals under $300 for typical grocery runs.
August 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
$6 dry cereal, $10 watermelons, and smaller packages of overpriced everything - that was our eye-popping grocery trip yesterday. At the checkout line, the cashier was talking with the woman ahead of us, and the topic was how hard it was to keep the totals under $300 for typical grocery runs.
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Opinion | Now it is the Old World’s turn to rescue the United States
As Trump met with European leaders on Ukraine, Churchill’s words from days long ago came to mind.
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August 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Opinion | I witnessed Operation Warp Speed. Trump’s refusal to defend it is baffling.
The president deserves an NIH director who champions science rather than dangerous nonsense.
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August 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Photos of the Week: Alligator Dip, Steeplechase Stumble, Friendship Day
A Pride canal parade in Amsterdam, the Jubilee of Youth prayer vigil in Rome, the World Dog Surfing Championships in California, a rally race through a Finnish forest, wildfires in France, and much mo...
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August 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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RFK Jr. announces end to some mRNA contracts, including for flu, covid
The targeting of the vaccine technology once considered revolutionary follows intense criticism by conservatives and anti-vaccine activists.
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August 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Greetings from the backyard garden.
July 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Greetings from the backyard garden.
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Opinion | A tribute to an uncommon man
"My father-in-law, Claude, died this week at 95. He lived a common life, but to me, he was an uncommon man," Mike Lintner writes.
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July 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Yard art gone crazy! North of Grand Marais, MN on Highway 61 near the Canadian border.
June 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Yard art gone crazy! North of Grand Marais, MN on Highway 61 near the Canadian border.
Today's new word: "agrivoltaics".
1,700 sheep installed between solar panels, a surprising change observed in the animals. farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/22/1...
1,700 sheep installed between solar panels, a surprising change observed in the animals. farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/22/1...
1,700 sheep installed between solar panels, a surprising change observed in the animals.
In a groundbreaking study that combines renewable energy with traditional farming practices, researchers have observed remarkable changes in 1,700 sheep grazing amidst solar panels. This innovative ap...
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May 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Today's new word: "agrivoltaics".
1,700 sheep installed between solar panels, a surprising change observed in the animals. farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/22/1...
1,700 sheep installed between solar panels, a surprising change observed in the animals. farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/22/1...
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Kermit the Frog set to deliver U-Md. commencement speech Thursday
Kermit the Frog, the world-famous amphibian, will talk to University of Maryland graduates about “finding your people ... and making connections,” a school official said.
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May 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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On a remote Australian island, the birds are so full of plastic they crunch
Seabirds have been fishing plastic from the ocean and feeding it to their chicks, researchers say. One bird was found to have ingested nearly 800 pieces.
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May 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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The End of Rule of Law in America
The 47th president seems to wish he were king—and he is willing to destroy what is precious about this country to get what he wants.
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May 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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The Dark Ages Are Back
Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.
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May 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Trump’s Plan to Sell Out Ukraine to Russia
His proposal to end the war isn’t a peace plan—it’s a reward for aggression.
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April 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Happy Easter sidewalk chalk on today's dog walk.
April 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Happy Easter sidewalk chalk on today's dog walk.
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Opinion | Why Catholic bishops are ending our refugee work with the government
It was a gut-wrenching decision, but we can’t continue with the church’s resources alone.
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April 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ could really teach something to the kids in St. Francis, MN. Too bad it’s banned. minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/19/t...
'The Handmaid's Tale' could really teach something to the kids in St. Francis. Too bad it's banned. • Minnesota Reformer
“The Bluest Eye” and “The Perks of Being A Wallflower” are out.
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March 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ could really teach something to the kids in St. Francis, MN. Too bad it’s banned. minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/19/t...
Why don't they think they need permission to use intellectual property? This happens over and over again.
Semisonic objects to White House using their song ‘Closing Time’: ‘You missed the point’
The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using their hit song “Closing Time” over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee.
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March 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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450 acres of 3M's historic northern Minnesota resort sells for $5.38M to public land trusts
Public trusts paid $5.3 million for the 450 acres near Park Rapids and will turn over the property to the DNR.
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March 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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DOGE Is Courting Catastrophic Risk
Musk has turned a dangerously flawed view of “waste” into a philosophy of government.
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March 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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